Hi. Does anyone know of any nice, more upscale restaurants in the LA area… especially any that offer karaoke? I am trying to plan an event for 10 of my co-workers (we are in our 20′s and 30′s) from my accounting firm. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
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The "Best of City Search" website has these listings for the general Los Angeles area for karaoke spots:
Backstage Bar & Grill
10400 Culver Blvd , Culver City , CA , 90232
Smog Cutter
864 N Virgil Ave , Los Angeles , CA , 90029-2941
Bigfoot Lodge
3172 Los Feliz Blvd , Los Angeles , CA , 90039
Max KARAOKE Studio
(not a restaurant, books rooms by the hour)
1757 W Carson St Ste H , Torrance , CA , 90501
YUU YUU KARAOKE
(alcohol-free club, offers private rooms, over 40,000 songs)
2130 Sawtelle Blvd Ste 101 , Los Angeles , CA , 90025
Broadway 11
10433 National Blvd , Los Angeles , CA , 90034
Rosen Music Studio
3488 W 8th St , Los Angeles , CA , 90005
Koreatown mega karaoke bar features more than 30 private karaoke rooms, some accomodate up to 40 guests; full bar and light menu available.
Britannia Pub
318 Santa Monica Blvd , Santa Monica , CA , 90401
Orchid Music Studio
3900 W 6th St 2nd Fl , Los Angeles , CA , 90020-4203
Koreatown club with private fully equipped karaoke rooms hosting up to 40.
Brass Monkey
659 S Mariposa Ave , Los Angeles , CA , 90005
Another directory of karaoke clubs and restaurants also lists:
E.B.’s Beer and Wine
6333 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 549-2157
Sardo’s of Burbank
(they have a hooker night where prostitutes actually advertise onscreen)
259 N Pass Ave
Burbank, CA, 91505
(818) 846-8126
Tattle Tale Room
5401 Sepulveda Blvd
Culver City, CA, 90230
(310) 390-2489
(a customer reviewer said the drinks were very inexpensive)
Dimples
3413 W Olive Ave
Burbank, CA, 91505
(818) 842-2336
(warning: this place is extremely popular and there are long waits to sing just one song)
Pat’s Cocktail Lounge
12121 Riverside Dr
Valley Village, CA, 91607
(818) 761-7340
(Valley Village a.k.a. North Hollywood)
The Schooner
1120 22nd Street
Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266
(310) 545-1551
Guy’s
12711 Ventura Blvd Ste 400
Studio City, CA, 91604
(310) 360-0290
Belly’s West
1156 W Valley Blvd
Alhambra, CA, 91803
(626) 282-8782
The Boulevard
3199 E Foothill Blvd
Pasadena, CA, 91107
(626) 356-9304
The Barrel
4547 Van Nuys Blvd
Sherman Oaks, CA, 91403
(818) 990-2095
Vermont Karaoke and Billlards
191 S Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA, 90189
Cozy’s Bar & Grill
14058 Ventura Blvd
Sherman Oaks, CA, 91423
(818) 986-6000
Pig’n Whistle Pub
6714 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA, 90028
(323) 463-1473
…and there’s probably a lot more. The karaoke experience really depends a lot on the KJ (host). The best KJ’s in the business are Lester and Sheila Crawford of Spectrum Productions. They do a lot of private parties as well for celebrities and movie wrap parties.
brass monkey…i think it is off wilshire
try barragan’s. it’s a mexican food place and they do karaoke in english and spanish. it’s fun. or try a karaoke place on vermont and 3rd it’s inside a kind of korean shoping center.
The Orchid at 6th and Oxford (block east of Western).
Some other people mention some nice karaoke bars but Smog Cutter is decidedly downscale and I don’t think they have food. Brass Monkey’s food is far from upscale and the wait to sing can be really long.
The food at Orchid is pretty nice (although looking online, it looks like they’ve made their menu a little less ambitious since I was last there) and they have private karaoke rooms which are great for parties.
Boardwalk 11 on National Blvd in Los Angeles. Its upscale, the bartenders are generous(the drinks are no where close to overpriced). The servers were on it and the food is great (I tried the burger).
If you’re going on Fri/Sat, make a reservation (#310 837 5245) because that place gets pretty busy!